Placing Objects on the Build Tray

To place an object on the build tray:

1.   Open the Insert dialog box—
•   From the Object menu, select Insert.

or—

•   On the Tray Settings ribbon, click .

or—

•   Right-click on the build tray, and select Insert from the context menu.

The Insert dialog box appears.

Insert dialog box

2.   In the Look in field, display the appropriate folder.
3.   In the Files of type field, select the file type to display.
4.   Select the desired file, and make sure that it appears in the File name field.

If the Preview check box is selected, the object is displayed in the dialog box.

The Model Settings ribbon is displayed when objects are placed on the build tray.

5.   Select any of the following options, as required:
•   Units—Millimeters or inches for the object’s units of measure.

The 3D file contains the object's proportions, but not its units of measure. Therefore, make sure to correctly select either millimeters or inches when inserting an object. Otherwise, the size of the object on the build tray will be either much too large or much too small. To change the measurement units of objects already placed on the tray, see Measurement Units.

•   Number of copies—How many copies of this object to place on the build tray.
•   Orient Automatically—Automatically orient objects on the build tray for efficient model building.

Note:  The Extents values displayed in the Coordinates section of the Insert dialog box, represent the maximum dimensions of the object on each axis. These dimensions correspond to the virtual “bounding box” surrounding the object see on page Model displayed with bounding box).

6.   Click Insert.

Objet Studio places the object on the build tray, and in the model tree.

Default screen layout

The Model Settings ribbon is displayed when objects are placed on the build tray.

If the object is over a certain size, the Loading Placed Elements dialog box appears.

 

You can speed up the opening of large files by changing the Large Filessettings—see Loading Large Files.

Opening objdf Files

Before placing objdf files on the build tray, Objet Studio must extract the component stl files together with information about their relative position and model materials. To do this, Objet Studio creates a folder with the same name as the objdf file, in the same location.

If you are opening an objdf file, the Insert dialog box also includes a Materials field that shows the object’s printing material assignment (see below).

Insert dialog box (objdf file)

A warning message appears if a part is defined with materials not supported by your system, or if an object already on the build tray uses different materials.
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